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Photo Recap of N2APB Grounding Team Efforts

 

Drilling the initial hole in the ground ...

 

Pushing the ground rod in as far as we could ...

 

WK9M using hammer jack to beat the ground rod into the hole & ground ...

 

We only got it in 6' before hitting an impenetrable object ...

 

Here's the Thermite package before opening ...

 

Putting the initial joint pieces in place inside the ceramic shell ...

 

 

Adding the metal disk inside the ceramic shell ...

 

 

Thermite powder added ...

 

Ceramic cap on & ready for application of heat ...

 

Ready for ignition ...

 

Applying heat ...

 

Ignition! ...

 

 

Blast off!

(Not really.  Just really hot, sustained burning) ...

 

Cooling down ...

 

 

"Ceramic Wack-Off" exposes the final weld ...

 

Final ground resistance measurement ...

 

 

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